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TCM Treasures 鈥 Aloe 鑺﹁崯
By Wing Tan |
February 24, 2013, Sunday
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ALOE is among the world's best-known plants, widely used to heal wounds and treat skin conditions since ancient times. Ancient Egyptians called it "plant of immortality."
Today aloe can be found in a variety of beauty products, people's daily food and drinks, and healthcare medicines.
It is used as a folk remedy for many conditions, including diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, osteoarthritis, burns, sunburn and psoriasis.
According to the traditional Chinese medicine, aloe is a bitter, cold plant that works in the liver, heart and spleen.
It dispels heat from the liver, relieves headaches, treats constipation, kills roundworms, and counteracts poisonous herb ba dou.
Many Chinese plant one or two plots of aloe at home for small injuries such as minor burns.
There are more than 500 types of aloe in the world, but no more than 20 can be made into medicine and only three are edible, including China aloe.
Some people are allergic to aloe, while pregnant women and those with a weak, cold spleen and stomach should not take the plant.
Prescriptions & Usage:
Salted aloe and peanuts
Simmer 500g peanuts soaked in water.
Add salt to flavor it. Pour out the water.
Boil 20g fresh aloe. Cut them into dices.
Mix the peanuts and aloe together. Bell peppers add more color.
Benefits: a Chinese cold dish in summer to dispel inner heat and stimulate the appetite.
Homemade aloe mask
Crush 250g fresh aloe and a cucumber.
Collect the juice.
Beat an egg. Add one spoon of aloe juice, three spoons of cucumber juice and two spoons of sugar.
Add five spoons of flour to bind it.
Apply to face for 40 minutes weekly.
Benefits: Helps nourish skin and fades pigmentation from age.
Today aloe can be found in a variety of beauty products, people's daily food and drinks, and healthcare medicines.
It is used as a folk remedy for many conditions, including diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, osteoarthritis, burns, sunburn and psoriasis.
According to the traditional Chinese medicine, aloe is a bitter, cold plant that works in the liver, heart and spleen.
It dispels heat from the liver, relieves headaches, treats constipation, kills roundworms, and counteracts poisonous herb ba dou.
Many Chinese plant one or two plots of aloe at home for small injuries such as minor burns.
There are more than 500 types of aloe in the world, but no more than 20 can be made into medicine and only three are edible, including China aloe.
Some people are allergic to aloe, while pregnant women and those with a weak, cold spleen and stomach should not take the plant.
Prescriptions & Usage:
Salted aloe and peanuts
Simmer 500g peanuts soaked in water.
Add salt to flavor it. Pour out the water.
Boil 20g fresh aloe. Cut them into dices.
Mix the peanuts and aloe together. Bell peppers add more color.
Benefits: a Chinese cold dish in summer to dispel inner heat and stimulate the appetite.
Homemade aloe mask
Crush 250g fresh aloe and a cucumber.
Collect the juice.
Beat an egg. Add one spoon of aloe juice, three spoons of cucumber juice and two spoons of sugar.
Add five spoons of flour to bind it.
Apply to face for 40 minutes weekly.
Benefits: Helps nourish skin and fades pigmentation from age.
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